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CONSENT
Bill No: SCR 78
Author: La Malfa (R), et al.
Amended: 5/1/12
Vote: 21
SENATE TRANSPORTATION AND HOUSING COMM. : 8-0, 5/8/12
AYES: DeSaulnier, Gaines, Kehoe, Lowenthal, Pavley, Rubio,
Simitian, Wyland
NO VOTE RECORDED: Harman
SENATE APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEE : Senate Rule 28.8
SUBJECT : Highways: designations
SOURCE : Author
DIGEST : This resolution names five transportation
facilities throughout the state in honor of those who gave
their lives in service as peace officers or members of the
United States military.
ANALYSIS :
This resolution:
1.Designates the Burney Creek Bridge on State Highway Route
(SR) 299 in the unincorporated community of Burney,
located in Shasta County, as the "Deputy Kenneth Fredrick
Perrigo Memorial Bridge."
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2.Designates the portion of SR 5 from the Riverside Avenue
overcrossing to the North Red Bluff overcrossing in the
City of Red Bluff in Tehama County as the "Officer David
F. Mobilio Memorial Highway."
3.Designates the Brighton Street Overcrossing over SR 20 in
the City of Grass Valley in Nevada County as the "Gold
Star Memorial Bridge."
4.Designates the portion of SR 5 from the Bowman Road
overcrossing to the northbound Main Street on-ramp in the
City of Cottonwood in Shasta County as the "Captain Mark
Ratledge Memorial Highway."
5.Designates the portion of SR 39 in the City of La Habra
in Orange County from the south city limits to Whittier
Boulevard as the "La Habra Police Officer Michael Anthony
Osornio Memorial Highway."
Background
The author introduced this resolution to honor the life and
public service of several individuals who died in the line
of duty while serving in the United States Armed Forces or
while serving as peace officers in California.
This resolution memorizes the lives of seven individuals
and names five transportation facilities in their honor, as
follows:
1.Shasta County Sheriff's Deputy Kenneth Fredrick Perrigo,
who, in 1991, was shot and killed after he arrested two
suspects for drinking in public. While transporting the
suspects to the station, one of them pulled a gun and
shot him.
2.Red Bluff Police Department Officer David F. Mobilio was
shot and killed from an ambush when he stopped at the
department's fueling station between 1:30 and 2:00 am on
the morning on November 19, 2002.
3.The Gold Star Bridge in Grass Valley will honor three
Marines:
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Marine Lance Corporal Adam Strain, 20, a 2003
graduate of Nevada Union High School and resident of
Smartville, who was killed by small arms fire on
August 4, 2005, in Ar Ramidi, Iraq.
Marine Lance Corporal John "JT" Lucente of Grass
Valley, who died November 16, 2005 from wounds
sustained from an enemy hand grenade while conducting
combat operations against enemy forces during
Operation Steel Curtain in Ubaydi, Iraq.
Marine Corporal Sean A. Stokes of Auburn, who died
July 30, 2007 of wounds sustained while conducting
combat operations in Taqaddum, Iraq.
4.Captain Mark Ratledge, 35, of Cottonwood Fire Protection
District, was fatally injured at the scene of a vehicle
accident along Interstate 5 south of Anderson in Shasta
County in February of this year.
5.Officer Michael Osornio of the La Habra Police Department
was killed in October of last year when a drunk driver
ran a red light at high speed and broadsided his patrol
car.
FISCAL EFFECT : Fiscal Com.: Yes
JJA:do 5/22/12 Senate Floor Analyses
SUPPORT/OPPOSITION: NONE RECEIVED
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